The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-07-07
THE GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
a MOST ENCOURAGING EXHIBIT OF
INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.

INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS.
What Has Been Done In the Southern
States in Three Months--Some Statistics
That Slow No Sign of Palsy.
The Chattanooga Tradesman, at Chat
tanooga, has compiled by States report
of the leading new industries and rail-
road companies organized and projected
during the three months ending June
30. The miscellaneous industries re-
ported in each State consist partly of
land Improvement and development
companies.
ALABAMA.
Agricultural implement factories 3,
brick works 81, breweries 2, car works 5,
cigar and tobacco factories 4, cement
works 2, cotton mills 10, congresses 4,
car wheel works l, engine works 3, cleo
trio light works 5, elevators 5, furnaces
10, foundries and machine shops II,
flour mills 3, fertilizer factory l, grist
mills l., ice factories 6, locomotive works
|, mines and quarrics 10, natural gas,
oil and asphalt II, oil mills l, pipe
works 2, rolling mills 8, railroads i3,
steel plants 2, street railways 10, shoe
factories l, water works 6, wood working
establishments ~, miscellaneous 40.
FLORIDA.
Brick and tile works l, cigar factories
L, cotton factories 2, compresses l, cleo
trio light works 4, fertilizer factories Q,
flour mills |, mines and quarries 4, rail-
roads IA, rice mills l, saw mills II, street
railways 2, water works 4, miscellane-
GUS 7.
Agricultural Implement works 6, brick
works IL, bridge works l., car shops 2,
congresses 6, cotton and woollen mills
II, electric light works 4, foundries and
machine shops 4, furnaces 4, fertilizer
works 6, flour mills /, gas works 5, grist
mills |, ice factories 2, lime and cement
works 5, mines and quarries %, oil mills
., railroads 8, rolling mills l, street rail-
ways Is, water works 7, wood works 41,
miscellaneous 81.
TENNESSEE.
Agricultural implement works 2, brick
works II, cigar and tobacco factories 2,
cotton and woollen mills 3, electric light
works 5, foundries and machine shops
IL, furnaces 7, flour mills g. gas works
., grist mills 2, ice factories 6, lime and
| cement works l, mines and quarries 33,
natural gas and oil companies II, Oil
mills 2, railroads IA, rolling mills 1, steel
works l, street railways 15, smelters 2,
wire works 4, watcr works 8, wood works
~, miscellaneous 35.
! NORTH CAROLINA.
Brick works 5, cotton factories 6,
cigar and tobacco factories I3, electric
light works 2, fertilizer works 2, flour
mills 5, grist mills z, ice factories 1,
mines II, oil mills 3, railroads 4, street
railways 3, water works /, wood works
20, miscellaneous g.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
| Brick works 3, cotton mills 13, electric
| light works l., fertilizer works l, flour
mills |, gas works |, mines 5, oil mills
|, rice mills |, railroads 2, stamp mills
l, tobacco factories l, water works 4,
wood works 8, miscellaneous 5.
VIRGINIA.
Agricultural implement factories l,
brick works l, brikge works ], cigar and
tobacco factories 3, congresses l, cotton
and woollen mills 4, distilleries l, cleo
trio light works 5, flour mills 6, furnaces
II, foundries and machine works l, gas
works 4, mines and quarries 3G, natural
gas and oil companies 2, pottories l,
railroads lG, rolling mills 2, steel works
Z, street railways 7, water works 7, wood
working establishments 8, miscellaneous
33.
ARKANSAS.
Brick works 2, Car shops 3, cotton
factories 4, congresses 4, distiNeries l,
toundrlcs and machine shops 5, flour
mills 7, furnaces 2, gas works l, grist
mills l, lco factories 3, lime and cement
works L, mines and quarries 81, oil mills
3, railroads 20, rolling mills l, stamp
mills and smelter 10, street railways 5,
water works l, wood working establish
ments 23, miscellaneous 16.
KENTUCKY.
Brick yards 2, Car shops /, cigar and
tobacco factories 4, distillOrics 3, electric.
light works /, flour mills 8, foundrios
and machine shops 3, gas works l, mines
and Quarries II, natural gas and oil
companies 2l, oil mills 3, railroads 4.
street railways u, water works l, wire
works |, woollen and cotton mills 3.
wood working establishments 80, migcel-
lanGOus 20.
LOUISIANA.
Cotton mills l, congresses 4, distilie,.
RES 8, engine works 2, flour and grist
mills /, foundries and machine shops Q.
furnaces /, ico factories ,, mines and
quarrics 6, natural gas and petroleum 3,
oil mills B, rice mills 5, railroads 4, sugar
mills 4, street railways l, wood working
establishments 10, miscellaneous 8.
TEXAS.
Cotton and woollen mills 10, car whool
works l, congresses 1, Car shops l, cleo
trio light works ii, engine works !,
ioundrles and machine shops -, -four
mills l8, gas works 3, grist mills 1, ice
factories 7, locomotive works l. mines
and quarries 20, natural gas and oil
companies 4, oil mills 5, railroads Is,
street railways 6, smelters 3, water works
IL, wire works | wood working ostab-
lishments l5, miscellaneous 28.
| WEST YI24INIA.
Brick works l, Car shops l, cotton aGd
Woollen mills l, distillorios l, foundrios
and machine shops 3, flour mills 2,
mines and luarrios 13, natural oil and
gas companies 3, oil mills /, potteries /,